Apple on Thursday began sending out invitations to customers for the grand reopening of its SoHo store this Saturday, July 14, at 10 a.m.

"The Apple Store, SoHo, is completely redesigned and better than ever," the note sent to customers reads. "There are more than twice as many products available for you to try.

"A new state-of-the-art theater with extra seating is the perfect place to enjoy events and workshops. Weve added New Yorks first Briefing Room, where you can get to know our Business Team. Even the Genius Bar is bigger, so its easier than ever to get an appointment."

The company also revealed that the first 3,000 customers who visit the new SoHo Apple Store will take home a free commemorative t-shirt.

The new SoHo store utilizes a 5,000-square-foot retail space that was formerly occupied by the U.S. Postal Service. The extra space brings the store more inline with the other, larger Apple retail stores found in New York City.

Apple went as far as building a temporary $1.4 million location in 2011 to service customers while its popular SoHo store underwent major renovations. The temporary location was housed in the same neighborhood on New York City's Greene Street.

Sorry I thought I remembered you saying a couple years ago that visiting grand openings was one of your hobbies. Must have been someone else.

Definitely not me. I have waited in a couple lines for Apple products as the fastest way to obtain the device but I will avoid lines and waiting whenever possible. I certainly would never flay to a city to go to an Apple Store opening. That's just an expensive series of waiting in lines. In fact, in Orwell's future that would probably be my Room 101.

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Really? I?Code came in XL but still seems a little too small, although XL is usually a perfect fit for me.